The vast majority of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated, the CDC director notes.
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Maine health care providers gear up to offer COVID-19 booster shots
Meanwhile, the delta variant continues to drive infections and hospitalizations around the state, with 714 new cases reported on Friday.
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Maine Voices: ‘D’ is for diphtheria, which still infects thousands
Working in a field hospital in a refugee camp gives a Maine doctor a glimpse of the world before there was widespread use of vaccines.
Posted inNation & World
‘Vaccine apartheid’: Africans tell UN they need vaccines
Fewer than 4 percent of Africans have been fully immunized and most of the 5.7 billion vaccine doses administered around the world have been given in just 10 rich countries.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
CDC endorses Pfizer boosters for older Americans and people at higher risk
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off late Thursday night on a series of recommendations from a panel of advisers, and made one recommendation that the panel had rejected.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Bangor hospital sets COVID-19 inpatient record for 2nd week as Maine hits highest ICU levels yet
The delta surge continues to pound the unvaccinated, who account for almost all coronavirus patients in critical care.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
A vaccine mandate for domestic flights isn’t ‘off the table’
Such a requirement has led aviation-related stakeholders to complain that the logistical hurdles would be challenging at best and a nightmare at worst.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine schools now have 72 outbreaks and 2,080 cases as COVID surge continues
The state has set hospitalization records repeatedly in recent days, although a recent decline in the rate of positive tests could be a sign that the latest surge is easing.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine mourns 1,000 COVID deaths
The state remains one of the safest, but many of these losses could have been avoided.
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FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, others at high risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to weigh in on who it believes should get boosters and when.